FULL SHOW: School safety; NJ's school districts.

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🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Ken Rosato fills in for Mark Simone. The Minneapolis Catholic school tragedy that happened yesterday is raising safety concerns for schools nationwide. There have been multiple shootings by transgender individuals over the last few years. Ken interviews Owen Henry, NJ State Senator. Owen and Ken break down how school funding is being mismanaged in New Jersey's school districts. School districts in New Jersey must focus on ensuring that all students are proficient in speaking English. However, New Jersey's Democratic politicians have financially invested heavily in offshore windmill projects, which has exacerbated the state's energy crisis, rather than using the funds for school projects and developing a plan to reduce energy costs. Ken Rosato fills in for Mark Simone. The Catholic school shooter, Robin Westman, could have had mental issues stemming from being transgender that motivated him to cause yesterday's massacre. Ken interviews Dr. Norman Fried, Trauma and Bereavement Specialist. One of the most significant factors that creates trauma is a lack of safety. Dr. Fried breaks down his technique of psychologically calming down children who have Trauma due to a tragic event in their lives, like yesterday's shooting in Minneapolis. Mental illness is a serious topic that needs to be discussed in children and adults.

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0:00.0	now the mark simone show on seven ten w o r filling in for mark here's ken rosado yes indeed mark is
0:09.1	off for the long holiday weekend it's former new york city tv news anchor ken rosato and today and good to
0:14.9	join you you probably best remember me from the decades i spent uh over at Channel 7, good folks there. It was
0:21.9	a Channel 5 as well. And nowadays, I get to host a daily show on a New Jersey-based news channel.
0:28.6	It is called On New Jersey. And if you'd like to stream it, you could stream it live, or you
0:33.7	could watch the rerun at OnNJ.com, on nj.com on nj.com on new jersey and i run a food
0:40.9	website for all of you foodies it's called the food dude it has links to thousands of recipes from
0:46.7	around the world it's free you could find it at the food dude dot us it is good to be here with
0:52.9	you today kind of a heavy day, though, right?
0:55.4	We've got a lot to talk about.
0:57.0	Phone lines are open.
0:57.8	We want to hear your opinion about things,
0:59.9	and there are going to be a lot of opinions to offer, I'm sure.
1:02.7	So give us a call, take part in the conversation, 1-800-3-2107-10.
1:09.2	Well, let's just get started on this. Yesterday, of course, our country encountered yet another
1:14.6	tragedy. A person who can only be described as evil decided to take out their insane anger on young
1:22.4	innocence. Two children, ages 8 and 10, who were doing absolutely nothing but praying in church at the beginning of their Catholic school day.
1:31.9	The Minneapolis Police Chief tells us more about what happened.
1:35.3	During the mass, a gunman approached on the outside, on the side of the building, and began firing a rifle through the church windows, towards the children sitting in the pews at the mess.
1:48.7	Well, this boy says his friend prevented him from getting shot.
1:52.6	I just ran under the pew and then I covered my head.
1:56.8	My friend Victor, like, saved me though because he laid on top of me, but he got hit.
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